Gloster Meteor
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 281
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Gloster Meteor
BBC News - Gloster Meteor T7 G-BWMF lands at Coventry Airport
Please can someone with knowledge of this aircraft explain what the smoke it seen around the engines when it taxied in?
Please can someone with knowledge of this aircraft explain what the smoke it seen around the engines when it taxied in?
Just caught the tail-end of a comment on BBC News 24 that "some lagging had come loose, allowing hot gases to overheat the paintwork..."
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: by the Great Salt Lake, USA
Posts: 1,542
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Having been at Coventry yesterday and talked to some of the classic flight people it would seem that a gasket or seal in the area of the jetpipe has moved and allowed exhaust gasses to escape. This explains the smoke you can see in the photos and why the arrival didn't go quite to plan. It ended up being towed in from the taxiway after shutting down with the firemen in attendance. The original plan was for it to attend RIAT next week and then go for paint but that may obviously change
John
John
Whilst on the subject, T7 WH 132 is still in reasonable nick (in large bits) on a car park at the back of Leconfield. It needs rescuing, as the army have no interest whatsoever!
Cunning Artificer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The spiritual home of DeHavilland
Age: 76
Posts: 3,127
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
When we left Changi, the Meteors of 1154TF Flight were offered to the RSAF for use in training anti-aircraft gunners. The RSAF declined, thinking as they did with much of our equipment, they would be left behind anyway. If they had offered even S$1:00 each the offer could have been accepted - when withdrawing from an overseas base or territory, the rules said we could sell arms and equipment to allies or destroy them to prevent them falling into the hands of any potential 'enemy'. Anyhow, these perfectly airworthy Meteors were chopped to pieces where they stood. 
Anyhow, these perfectly airworthy Meteors were chopped to pieces where they stood.
